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Ex–Chick-fil-A Worker Charged in $80,000 Mac-and-Cheese Refund Scheme

The case highlights weak refund controls at franchise registers.

Overview

  • Keyshun Jones was arrested April 17 after evading capture several times, with help from the Texas Attorney General’s Fugitive Task Force and Fort Worth police.
  • Investigators say he ran about 800 fake mac-and-cheese orders at a Grapevine register and sent the refunds to his own cards, totaling roughly $80,000.
  • Court records say the franchise owner reported hundreds of refunds on Nov. 29 and provided CCTV that identified Jones, who had been fired in October 2025.
  • Jones is charged with property theft, money laundering, and evading arrest, and jail records list bonds totaling about $111,500.
  • Chick-fil-A says it is cooperating with police, and the case underscores how easy refund access at point-of-sale terminals can enable insider theft.